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No. 224,130. Patented Feb. 3, 1880 Y WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

MORRIS F. BELL, OF FULTON, MISSOURI.

ADJUSTABLE RQCKING-C HAIR;

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Iietters Patent No. 224,130, dated February3, 1880.

' Application filed May1,187 9. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that. I, MORRIS F.BELL, of Fulton, in the county of Gallawayand State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved AdjustableRocking-Chair, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l isa side elevation of the chair. Fig. 2 is afront elevation ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate'corresponding parts.

The invention consists of the hind legs, A A, of the chair, with lowerends mortised into the rockers B B, curved upward and forward so as toform the side supports for the seat, and these front ends of A A aresupported by the front legs, O G. The side pieces, D D, of'thechair-back are pivoted at e to the downward-projecting lugs b of thelegs A A, and are held in position by the arms E E, .whose rear ends arepivoted to them. p

The head-piece F connects the pieces D D at their tops. The rod G passesthrough the slots 01 and under the'chair-seat and through the front endsof the arms E E. This rod has a screw-thread out on one end, and onthis,

7 outside of one of the arms, is the thumb-screw or hand-wheel H, which,being turned, will enable the operator to adjust the back of the chairat the desiredangle within the limits of the horizontal movement of therod in the slots, and to secure it" there.

On the rod, between the arms and the bot:

tom side'supports, are loose sleevesf that receive the strain caused bytightening the hand-wheel and prevent the springing in- 5 ward of thearms. Y

The seat and'back of the chair are continuous, and composed of thintransverse strips I I, of wood or other suitable material, riveted ontwo or more longitudinal flexible bands, k k, 40

of metal or other suitable material. One end of these bands is securedto the head-piece F, while the other is fastened to the front piece, L,of the seat. Thus both back and seat are formed, that are flexible andwill conform 5 themselves to the shape of the occupant. They may becovered with any suitable material or be left exposed, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Pat- 50 The combination, in a rocking-chair, with therockers, seat, and front legs, of the hind legs, A, curved forward andresting on the front ones, the back pieces, D, connected by piece F, 5 5

and pivoted at a to lugs b of said legs, the

arms E, pivoted at their rear ends to back pieces, D, and the rod G,passing through as well as adjustable in slots 11, as shown anddescribed.

- A MORRIS F. BELL. Witnesses:

R0131. A. OREWS, JOHN Z. RIOKIENBAUGH.

